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21pofelski t1_iucbk8j wrote

One of my friends told this jke in front of 10 people of various nationalities and the only one who did not get the joke was the German...That just made the joke even funnier :)

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Miolner t1_iuccgkd wrote

I'm German and I understand the joke and I think it's funny. You need to know the international clichés of Germans to understand that joke.

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Blaine8182 t1_iucjhjy wrote

It's hard to see germans as efficient if you are used to german bureaucracy and companies like DB.

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MikeWise1618 t1_iuckak2 wrote

Yeah, it really doesn't seem like a particularly efficient country anymore. Trains are definitely not reliable anymore for example. Bureaucracy is stifling. Anything goes wrong gets blamed on COVID.

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Tuga_Lissabon t1_iucltec wrote

Saw articles with germans complaining they're neglecting their infrastructure...

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Costello666 t1_iufm2cy wrote

I have a German friend and we were on a flight from Europe to Australia and next to us was two German women. There English wasn't great but they heard our accents and asked if we could tell them about Australia. Well as my friend spoke German he translated back and forth. Well they asked things they could do so I asked my friend to ask them what they do for fun. He started translating and stopped looked at me and said there isn't a German word for fun and then burst out laughing.

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